Jacob lipp



(No Model.) J. LIPP.

CGMBINED COLLAR AND BREAST STRAP. No. 412,193. Patented Oct. 1, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

JACOB LIPP, OF DE GRAFF, OI-IIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO IVILBER L.SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED COLLAR AND BREAST-STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,193, dated October1 1889.

Application iiled March 9, 1889. Serial No. 302,737. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB LIPP, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of De Graff, in the county of Logan and State of Ohio, 5 haveinvented a new and useful Horse Collar and Breast-Strap, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in collars and breast-harness.

Fig. l is a side view with one-half shown in section; Fig. 2, a sideperspective with inner steel plate shown in dotted lines.

My invention is designed to furnish a light collar for Carriage use. Thepresent heavy i5 collars and harness are unsightly, and on heavy roads,or Where one horse is used to a carriage, breast-harness is too light.

To take the place of the ordinary collar and harness or breast-harness,I make my collar of zo the shape shown, having an outside piece A,

of heavy leather, with a securing-piece C, of

, thinner leather, sewed onto its under side.

To these is sewed the inside piece B, that rests upon the horses neckand shoulders. Be- 2 5 tween the pieces ,A O is inserted a light steelplate D, curved to snit the shape of the collar, and having holes Q RSthrough it. The outside leather piece A also has holes through itopposite the holes in the steel plate. Through 3o theseholes is insertedthe shank of a button I, having a screw-thread on the end ot the shank,which passes through the holes in the plate and is secured by nut L. Onthe part oi' the shank extending outside of the collar, and be- 35 tweenthe collar and the button, is a flanged thinihle K, playing` loosely onthe shank. This thirnble can be left oft and the trace fastened on theshank of the button; but in practice I prefer to use the thirnble toprevent 4o the liability of the button turning. The upper ends ot theplates are held in position by the turrets M M, passing through holes Q,and secured by a nut, while the lower ends are similarly held by thenickel-plated nuts N N, passing through holes S, and secured by nuts O.The space between the inside leather piece B and the securing-piece O isstuffed with hair WV in the usual manner.'

In operation, the button I is unscrewed, and it and the thimble K passedthrough a hole in the end ot the tug. The shank ot the but-ton is againpassed through the plate and screwed into the nut L, held in position bythe leather strip C, sewed around the plate D, and fast to the outsidepiece A. As the tug Works around in different positions While the horseis traveling, the thinible K revolves on the shank and prevents thebutton being unscrewed. For furthersecurity, I form aratohet T on thehead of the button and fasten the spring-pawl U to the collar hy bolt V.I am thus enabled to make a light and elegant collar, doing away withthe extra haines, and making a smooth and much neatercollar than the oldstyle, and one adapted for hugg 1and carriage use.

l'Vhat I claim isl. In a horse -collar or breast-strap, the leatherCovering, the inside pad, the traoebutton, the inside plate, and` thethinible K, as and for the purpose set fort-h. .f

2. In a horse-collar, an inside plate having secured thereto thedetachable trace-button I, thiinble K, and a locking` device for keepingthe button from turning, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of a horse-collar havin g the inner plate D, anddetachable button I, havingthinible K thereon,with the ratchet T, pawlU, and fastening N, as and for the purpose set forth.

u JACOB LIPP.

lVitnesses:

NED CAMPBELL, E. K. CAMPBELL.

